Tire



T. T. OVERSHINER.

TIRE.

APPLICATIQN. FILED JULY 23.1920.

Patented Apr. 18,1922Y attorney# ff'UN-T Vi 5T TIMOTHY TAYLOR ovnesriiivnie., ontnemen, INDIANA;

AApplication inea iuiy 23,

A tires and more particularly to tire-casings,-

the object of the invention being to provide simple and eiiicient means whereby a tire casing of ordinary construction may be reinforced or a damaged casing repaired with the use of an inner casing member which may be formed from an old tire casing, and to so unite the inner or repair casing meinber to the outer or originalcasing member that all portions of the two casing members, except the edge port-ions thereof shall be free whereby the inner casing member may be caused to conform with the inner contour of the outer casing member Vand be pressed accurately against the latter by the inflated inner tube.

A further object is to so connect theedge portions of the twocasing members that they may be permanently united, and so that such connection may be effected without special construction of the two casing members and so alsothat the services of a skilled mechanic will not be required to effect the Y permanent connection of the edge portions of the two tire sections. A With these and other objects in view, the

' invention consistsin certain novel features of constructionand combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed outin the claim.

of any standard Aor preferred construction provided at its edges with beads 2 which may be such as employed with the well.

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. Specification ofrlietters Patent. i Y, l Pat-@nigffIL-S*1922,

i920. 'seri'ai No. 398,394.

Y knownrclincher construction to be engaged by flanges of a rim 3, or said beads maybe of the type in which the beads are made with e flat faces as shown at 2a Figure 3.

An inner casing member 4 is located within the main tire casing member Land may be of the same construction as said main' casing member, except that said inner member is not provided with beadsV but its edge .Y i

portions 5, 5,- are made to so overlap each other as to close the space between the beaded edge-portions of the main casing member 1.

For the inner casing member, anold tire casing with the beads removed may be utilized. The inner and main or outercasing members are permanently secured together only near their edge portions, and for the purpose of so permanently connecting the two Vcasing members, I employ metal fastening means (preferably of non-corrodible metal), such as nails, rivets, staples or screws, which are passed through the beads of the main or outer casing member and Y through the inner casing member near the edge lportions thereof. When nails or staples are employed, their forward ends may be bent over.clinched or upset. Y

By means of the construction above de.-

scribed, a tire casing of ordinary construction may be reinforced both at the tread portion and also nearV the edge portions, and thus the danger of puncture and the cutting of the tire by the rim will be reduced to a minimum. `My `improvements alsoY permit the ready repair of a worn'or punctured tirev casing.l By permanently securing the inner or reinforcing casing member near its edges `only to the main or outer `casing. member, the

major portion o'f said inner casing member will be caused to conformclosely t'o the interior 'contour of the main or outer casing member, by thev inflation of the pneumatic;V

tube, and any creepingof the inner or reinforcing casing memberY will be obviated.

My improvements are simple, do notre- Y quire the services of a skilled mechanic to install them, and provide for the quick and easy repair of a damaged casing or the reinforcement of aworn casing. Tire casings thus avoiding necessity for specially made parts to accomplish the purpose of my invention.

1.05 of'ordinary construction may be utilized, j I

claim as new and desire to Secure by Let- In testimony whereof, I have signed this ters-Patent, is specification in the presence of'two Suhscrbl0 A tire easing construction comprising an ing Witnesses. Y outer casing member provided with beads TIMOTHYTAYLOR OVERSHINER 5 near its edges, an inner casing member and v nails passing through the inneiq casing mem- Nitnessesz ber and the heads of the outer easing mem- D. M. MCLAUGHLIN,

ybei and clinched. R. W. RAMSIER. 

